List of Schools

Within the present boundaries of Henry County, Alabama By T. Larry Smith   Abbeville Abbeville Academy – 1850’s Abbeville Christian Private School – Abbeville Elementary School – Armstrong Academy – Armstrong Academy established in 1886,  was located at Camp Springs.  Baker – Balkum –near Tumbleton 1888 Barnes – Blackwoods Bowen – Brackin School – was located near Camp Branch…

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Jacksonian Enterprise School

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First Formal School for Colored Youth in NewvilleByJohnnie Mae Anderson  After the Civil War, and the end of slavery, it seems that some funds were appropriated for the education of black children. Churches in the area organized the first colored schools in the vicinity of Newville and the schools were housed in these churches. Two such churches were Sweet…

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